Mesut Özil reportedly leaves Arsenal in the near future.The German midfielder, who will stay in the Emirates Stadium until next summer, enjoys the interest of Internazionale, while José Mourinho’s Manchester United is also on the fine-tuning rope.Martin Keown, former defender and club icon of the Gunners, thinks that Özil, with his head, has long since left Arsenal.
“It was that trip to Belarus earlier (BATE Borisov, ed.)…. He just didn’t want to go, he didn’t want to go,”says Keown at the BBC:”Suddenly he was injured again, he played for nine minutes against West Bromwich Albion on Monday, so how could he have been injured then?I think he has already left in a certain way.Psychologically, mentally, he already plays somewhere else.
Keown thinks that Arsène Wenger Özil wants to retain the club for a longer period of time, but the Englishman believes that with his negative attitude the German could have a bad influence on his teammates if he stayed longer:”They played exceptionally well against Chelsea (0-0, without Özil, red.), where Alex Iwobi really did a great job.I know that he doesn’t have the talent of Özil, of course not, but suddenly Arsenal was both offensive and defensive to an opponent of size.
Do you think Mesut Özil will leave at Arsenal in January?
